Pennsylvania Act 2010-11 — CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S.) - FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ROBBERY

Act text

Session of 2010

No. 2010-11

SB 605

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of robbery.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 3701 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 3701. Robbery.

(a) Offense defined.--

(1) A person is guilty of robbery if, in the course of committing a theft, he:

(i) inflicts serious bodily injury upon another;

(ii) threatens another with or intentionally puts him in fear of immediate serious bodily injury;

(iii) commits or threatens immediately to commit any felony of the first or second degree;

(iv) inflicts bodily injury upon another or threatens another with or intentionally puts him in fear of immediate bodily injury; [or]

(v) physically takes or removes property from the person of another by force however slight[.] ; or

(vi) takes or removes the money of a financial institution without the permission of the financial institution by making a demand of an employee of the financial institution orally or in writing with the intent to deprive the financial institution thereof.

(2) An act shall be deemed "in the course of committing a theft" if it occurs in an attempt to commit theft or in flight after the attempt or commission.

(3) For purposes of this subsection, a " financial institution " means a bank, trust company, savings trust, credit union or similar institution.

(b) Grading.--Robbery under subsection (a)(1)(iv) and (vi) is a felony of the second degree; robbery under subsection (a)(1)(v) is a felony of the third degree; otherwise, it is a felony of the first degree.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 16th day of March, A.D. 2010.

EDWARD G. RENDELL